light up

Example Sentences

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That was the point those volunteers made last October: Clean up the bridge and light up the bridge — as they did for three days — and fans will walk there.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

The list of players of Surinamese heritage to light up European soccer is familiar to anyone who has watched the great Dutch sides of the past 40 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

I felt something close to pride as I watched their eyes light up in realization: this was actually a very good sweet — not some leprechaunian trick.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Sumayyah Zara Sillah's eyes light up as she takes hold of a takeaway box filled to the brim with strips of golden-coated Nashville-style hot tenders, dripping with sauce.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Lifting a finger, he touched the green feather she’d tucked into her hair, and she watched the smile light up his face like a candle batting against the night.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee